ICC convicts militia leader of atrocities in Darfur killings more than 20 years ago Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman was convicted of crimes for leading Janjaweed militia forces in Darfur that went on a campaign of killing and destruction in 2003-2004.

The International Criminal Court on Monday convicted a leader of the feared Janjaweed militia of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago. https://to.pbs.org/46C7r9g

The only thing anyone needs to know about Bari Weiss is that she first came to national attention trying to get a Middle East Studies professor at Columbia fired for anti-Israel views, and yet somehow huge amounts of the US media elite think she is committed to "free speech" and "heterodoxy."

A note on our end is that direct is all over the place, but tends to mean either email/text link, word of mouth, or "saw it on social and typed it in the URL bar later," which means your Bluesky number is probably higher than you think.

Breakout of traffic sources for ACASignups.net

I posted this breakout of what percent of traffic to ACASignups.net is from various sources earlier this year and got positive feedback, so I figured I'd post an update every quarter.

The big story is still how Bluesky has exploded in growth while Twitter/X has dwindled to negligible levels.

Authoritarian governments sending troops drawn from the ordinary population to repress said population and then *not paying* those troops is definitely a thing that has gone well, historically. A+ dictator performance Donny

You used to be able to just join the US Army to be antifascist. It's a little more complicated these days.

Last week Jesse Watters spoke to man named Eric who claimed he was formerly a member of antifa. Two years ago Watters interviewed Ramon "Mundo" Mendoza, a former Mexican Mafia member. Some folks thought the men looked similar. This is a side by side comparison. 🤷‍♀️

Military vehicles in Chicago.

What are these?

About 15 were seen on route 59 in suburbs near Chicago.

Inside the front cabin were soldiers in full tactical gear including helmets.

They literally just fought a Supreme Court case for the right to racially profile. It was in the news!

I keep forgetting the government is shut down bc Trump admin is so focused on sending troops to US cities

ok I didn't mention this in my piece on friday but one of the things the judge asked about was whether the guardsmen were going to get paid during the shutdown

the doj was like "idk"

the state of oregon was like "we looked into it and the answer is no"

Greg Abbott authorizes Trump to deploy Texas National Guard to other states Shortly after the governors’ dueling posts on X Sunday night, a federal judge temporarily blocked the deployment of any state national guards to Oregon.

So, theoretically… What happens if a governor in say Illinois or Oregon, calls up their National Guard, to keep the Texas National Guard from operating in their state?

www.ksat.com/news/texas/2...

Republicans never cared about states’ rights, individual liberty, or the Constitution.

They wielded those ideals as a smokescreen. They were tools of deception used to seize power and construct the most oppressive, authoritarian administration America has seen in modern times.

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset We have exited a long period of peace and entered into a struggle not unlike war, in which all the old certainties have gone malleable and the future of the republic is at stake.

"MAGA has declared their intention to use a muscular assertion of presidential power to relitigate the fundamental principles of the republic, from the nature of checks and balances to the fundamental questions of citizenship, and to do so in the public and cultural arena."

They really do believe that they are entitled to rule in perpetuity, and that any opposition to anything they do is un-American.

It's the common thread linking thier whole rhetoric.

Stephen Miller, Reply Guy

Look, I'll take every opportunity to remind the world that Stephen Miller has a BA from Duke University but as he lectures a federal judge about the letter of the law, I'd like to remind the world that is his *only* degree and he never went to law school. A Duke degree is all this kind of guy needs.

There’s a problem in America amongst the males. A lot of white boys can’t handle the word, “no”. They are emotionally unstable.

Used his parent’s car for months to stalk these girls before he decided to kill them. Arrest the parents too because wtf?

Vehicles registered to Ford cabinet ministers caught by speed cameras more than 20 times | Globalnews.ca Documents obtained by Global News reveal that, over three years, vehicles registered to Ford’s cabinet minister received more than $3,300 in fines for speeding.

Siri, explain why Ford got rid of the speed cameras that save lives…

globalnews.ca/news/1146373...

Have an American walking into my posts saying we pay high taxes, and get nothing out of it, let me clarify for people who don't know, our taxes, pay for Universal Health Care, Maternity Leave, Dentalcare, & many other social programs, as well, our taxes are now pretty close to the US /1

The issue IMHO isn't just that CBS promoted Bari Weiss. The issue is the media ecosystem that allowed her to exist in the first plac.e

Illinois Sues to Block Trump’s Deployment of Texas National Guard in Chicago Read more here.

NEW: Illinois sued to block Trump’s attempt to send up to 400 Texas National Guard troops to Chicago, arguing the deployment infringes on its sovereignty. Illinois said the deployment would only cause more unrest and increase mistrust of the police.

“‘The American people, regardless of where they reside, should not live under the threat of occupation by the United States military, particularly not simply because their city or state leadership has fallen out of a president’s favor,’ Illinois’ lawsuit reads.”

“Loving this country” now an official federal government condition for U.S. citizens to attend the Super Bowl:

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem added that people should not attend the Suoer Bowl unless they are “law-abiding Americans who love this country.”

Bad Bunny mocks MAGA backlash over his Super Bowl halftime show Bad Bunny mocked the MAGA backlash against his scheduled appearance at February’s Super Bowl. Controversy over the halftime plan shows no sign of waning.

Shot: MAGA has been incensed by Bad Bunny’s comment that he was not touring in the U.S. mainland over concern that his concerts would become a target for ICE raids.

Chaser: Homeland Security Sec. Noem said ICE will be “all over the place” at the Suoer Bowl. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? Circular graph showing over half answered: much more than I expected, about a quarter: more than I expected, about an eighth: similar threat to what I expected, small sliver: much less threat than I expected.

Has Trump’s second term posed a greater or lesser threat to the rule of law than you expected? @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/m...

This is why the markets are going to have such a tough time when the bubble bursts. This money doesn’t exist, and suggesting it does or humoring it is how companies get away with what amounts to lying. $4.5bn per quarter “by 2026”?? So in the next three months? Huh?

It feels like the conventional wisdom already

I forgot to ask, which group of framers are you talking about? The powdered wig dudes in 1787, or the ones who wrote and ratified the Reconstruction Amendments? Because the right wing SCOTUS pretends like the Reconstruction Amendments never happened and that there's only one group of framers.